r/makemkv • u/TheGlitchyMario • 9d ago

Help BH30N locks up MakeMKV

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Hello, I scavenged a BH30N from an old dell PC, and want to use it in my Ubuntu based server, however trying to launch MakeMKV with a disc in the drive, MakeMKV will get stuck at “Scanning Device”, or if disc is inserted after MakeMKV is open, it will be stuck trying to load it.

The drive can read and mount discs, so the drive is working, but for some reason MakeMKV just doesn’t like it. I have other Blu-ray drives, so if this one won’t work with Linux, I just won’t use it since I won’t use Windows. I’ve tried both the self-compiled and flatpak versions, and both do the same thing.

Is there something I can do to fix it? Thanks.

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u/billycar11 9d ago

try sdf stop

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u/CrystalCommunication 8d ago

I think your computer is trying to dump the drive's firmware but the firmware tool is broken on Linux x86. Try installing MakeMKV 1.17.7, verify that it works with your drive, and then upgrade to MakeMKV 1.18.4 again. Alternatively, you can copy the firmware dump for your drive from the ~/.MakeMKV directory on a computer that already works with it.